DJPC BUILD FOR PEACE WORKATHON Dear friends of Justice and Peace: We are excited to invite you to join the Denver Justice & Peace Committee in our annual Fall Build for Peace fundraiser and community service project. The date is set for Saturday, October 13, from 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM. We will be working… »

It’s time for DJPC’s Fall “Build-for-Peace”! Build-for-Peace is a workathon (like marathon or walkathon). DJPC members who will be working as “Builders” need your pledge of support for their work this Saturday, Oct. 13th. Our “Builders” will be helping Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization that builds and repairs homes with low-income families (http://www.habitatmetrodenver.org/). “Builders”… »

Carrying cement block and mixing mortar by hand in 95 degree heat can be torture. Or, it can be a small offering of hope and solidarity to a family living in a one room wooden shack. Moving block after block, separating rock into piles of sand and gravel, I concentrated on the task at hand… »